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LOVE Will honor Lee Jane, Sol Parsow
By Bert Lewis '(This column includes opinion and mucli love)
When the League of Volunteers for the Elderly recently announced plans for a fund-raising event, they promised more details would soon follow. As promised, those in charge of special categories pi 'A LOVE affair^ have dnnounced it will honor a special couple. ' For this, the first event of its kind in the Blumkin Home history; Lee Jane and Sol Parsow have been selected as the honorary couple. The Parsows are being recognized for their maqy years of service to the elderly of our Jewish commuihity. At the beginning, nearly 24 years ago, when LOVE was started, Lee Jane was part of the effort. Bhe participated in every project and was chairman ^for three yeeo^. In addition, she shared chsurmanshlp with Miriam Simon for one year. In an interview some years ago, Lee Jane's remarks were modest, insisting that "I get more rout of it than I put into it." That comment notwithstanding, she has put in untold quantities of love, ^warmth, interest and obvious caring. Sol's interest was no doubt stimulated by the [flurry of activity, and he too became more than mildly fascinated with the things people were volunteering to do for older citizens. When his own mother, the late Mollie Parsowsky, became a resident of the Sher Home (the predecessor to the Blumkin Home) where LOVE, began, his involvement escalated greatly. Lee Jane and Sol have demonstrated through their deeds for these past two-plus decades, how much they care. It is for all of their unselfish devotion of time and energy that LOVE chose to name them honorary couple of A LOVE AFFAIR. As for LOVE, it's impossible to say too much. The people, women and.men, who have signed on as volunteers, stand ready to give of themselves whenever asked. Whether it's a sing-along, movies, a discussion 'group, mending, painting, operating the gift shop or the annual Pan tournament, there are willing participants. The co-chairmen of this LOVE Affair project hope it is the beginning of an annual event. Lorrie Bernstein and Florence Brody both are quick to remind everyone how important the Rose ^lumkin Homeli' to this JeWish community and how gratifying it is to know everyone can do something for it« residents.
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Synod begins in Holy Lan4; first in 2 millennia By Naomi Segal JERUSALEM (JTA) - The Catholic Church has convened a synod here, the first to take place in the Holy Land in 2,000 years. Church leaders and Christian intellectuals from Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian autonomous zones are participating in the event, which will include a series of discussiont: and meetings on social, religious and political alTairs that is expected to last several years. - ' The official opening was marked with a religious ceremony nt the Beit Jala seminary, near Bethlehem. Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, the chief Roman Catholic clergyman in the region, is presiding over the synod, which will also include Greek Catholics, Armenian Catholics, Syrian Catholics, Maronites and Chaldeans. All of the churches represented at the synod recognize the authority of the pope. ' Father Rafiq Khoury, secretary-general of the synod, said that at its conclusion, participants will produce a document on the role of Christians today in the Holy Land. ^ Some of the meetings are being held in Jerusalem, which has been at the center of renewed debate as Israel and the Palestinians are set to discuss its final status in negotiations beginning in 1996.
Synod not expected to deal with political issues Some said they expect the synod to address political issues such as the status oT Jerusalem and Palestinian rights. But Khoury said the synod would not directly deal with political issues connected to the peace process. "Naturally, Jerusalem is at the center of the initiative," he said, "but this is not a political gathering, it is a spiritual and religious one."
Teen leaders selected for Federation honors By Morris Maline
'Deborah Goldstein and Stephanie DePorte have l)een selected as Jewish Teen Leaders. They will be honored at the annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Omaha, June 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center theater. A reception will follow the program in the Dan and Est,her Gbrdman Center for Jewish Learning. The Jewish Teen Leadership award is given annually to two teenagers who have exhibited outstanding leadershif^ abilities either in BBYO or a synagogue youth program. Only high school students are eUgible. Nominated by the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, Ms. Goldstein was recognized for her involvement in Jewish organizatioM and her high degree of creativity and new ideas resulting in "incredible programs." Nominated by Temple Israel, Ms. DePorte was cited for her scholarship, maturity, vision, and camaraderie while holding leadership roles. In addition to the recognition of honorees, the annual meeting will elect Federation and agency ofticers and directors.
Debate boils over aid to PLO By Matthew Dorf WASHINGTON (JTA) — Should the Palestine Liberation Organization continue to receive American foreign aid? Congress will answer that question before the end of this month. Meantime, the issue is shaping up to be the latest battleground both for proponents and opponents of the Israeli government's current peace policies. The Middle East Peace Facilitation Act — which allows U.S. aid to go to Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority, permits American dipfomats to talk to PLO officials and allows PLO members to travel to the United States r— was enacted after Israel and the PLO signed their historic Declaration of Principles in September 1993 in Washington. The legislation, which waives previously enacted statutes prohibiting contact with the PLO. expires June 30. • There is little dgubt that Congress will extend the waivers required to allow the money to flow and the meetings to take place. The United States pledged $500 million to the PLO after it signed its peace accords with Israel. Arafat has already received about $100 million. What remains to be decided, however, is what strings Congreas will attach to the PLO's aid and how long the waivers will last. Jewish activists on all sides of the debate hope to seize on the limited time remaining to sway Congreas to their positions. A barrage of activists — from the pro-aid Israel Policy Forum, which has slated a satellite hookup with Israeli Prine Minuter Yitzhak Rabin, to 100 Orthodox rabbis vehemently oppoeed to the Israel-
PLO peace accords — plan a no-holds-barred campaign on Capitol Hill in the coming weeks., "When your former enemy is in the process of becoming your ally and you feel you are increasingly sharing interests with this former enemy, it becomes important to encourage that movement," Said Jonathan Jacoby, executive vice president of the Israel Policy Forum. In contrast, opponents argue that Arafat has had his chance and continues to violate his commitments with Israel. "By violating every aspect of his commitments proves that Arafat is not willing to live at peace with Israel," said Morton Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America. As part of its 1993 Middle East Facilitation Act, Congress decided to tie ongoing aid to the PLO to its compliance with its agreements with Israel. As a result, the legislation links funding for the PLO to its commitment to re' ugnize Israel's right to exist, to amend its covenant calling for the destruction of Israel, to renounce terrorism, to refrain from violence and to ensure that all PLO factions comply with the agreements. As time runs out on this bill, the cheurmen of the House and Senate oommittees that deal .with foreign afTeurs, Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and Rep. Betxiamin Oilman (R-N.Y.), have begun to consider changes. Congressional aides involved in the drafting of the legitlatioD do not expect a public debate on the measure. "Once the Isngusgs is worked out sod aeesptsd by committee msmben we will bring it to the flow for a vota," one aids said.
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The Jewish community Is reading... . (Editor's Note: A new column from the Jewish Federation Library will appear intermittenlty, listing the books currently in demand by library borrowers). The Cross and Pear Tree: a Sephardic Journey, by Victor Perera, traces the dramatic lives through 500 years of the' old pnd distinguished Sephardic Jewish family from which the author is (iescended. Recreates the l^istory of his own family and an entire culture. Daybreak, by Belva Plain, tells the tale of prejudice and human emotions involving two families and their sons: Like Mother, Like Daughter, by Marcia Rose, is a saga of four generations of women filled with courage, passion and exuberance, marking each one as her mother's daughter. The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot, by Trudi Alexy. Through varieJ encounters' probing the intimate paradoxes of the Jewish relationship with Spain, the author provides an engrossing contribution to our understanding of that crucial dimension of Jewish-Christian relations, and of Jewish identity. Safe in America, by Marrie Hershman. A story of the Eichenbaum family, dealing with love, family loyalty, ambition, loss and courage to remain hopeful even in the face of history'.s cruelty and the body's fragility. The Wonders of America, by Jenna Weissman Joselit, highlights the cultural ingenuity and adaptive genius of American Jewish life from the end of the nineteenth century through the postwar period.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JUNE 9 Movfty Camp Rainbow, through 6/17 Russian Club & VISIONS, Henry Doorly Zoo, 10 a.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 10 Joseph Spiegel Bar Mitzvah. 9;30 a.m., Beth El. SUNDAY, JUNE 11 Beth Israel Discovery Seminar, 9;00 • 6:00 p.m. Amit Meeting, 12:30 p.m., Livingslon Plaza Beth El Annual Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Beth El Congregational Annual Dinner Meeting, 6 p.m.. Temple Israel MONDAY, JUNE 12 YES Program, 10 a.m. Friedel Academy Graduation & Reception, 7 p.m. TUESDAY, JUNE 13 Old Timers, 10:30 a. m. BBYO Night, 6:15 p.m ORT Dinner, 7 p.m. JCC Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Beth El Executive Board. 7:30 p.m., Beth El WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 Federation Annual Meeting, 7:30 p.m. Breadbreakers, Noco, Regency West THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Wak-in, Drop-in, 9:30 a.m. Library Book Discussion, 1 p.m. VISIONS Baseball. S p.m. *AI Mfft hdd H Iht XC unlMi otMiwiM Mc«*d 77i* JMWl/VMt ii rM mponaUt fcr irif tccumcyalthBkionmtiiM. To kMp nhndv •ccunto or fc)r quMtiora on idlvWM, calHtrtMMHHl itm«00,£j(L2().
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By Rabbi Myer 8. Kripkfe Parashat Naso "And I Will Bless Them
RAY R. SIMON I Services for Ray R. Simon, 72, were held June 1 I at 'Temple Israel Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Joie; and two sons, In the midst of disparate laws and census passages, including a unique instance of trial by ordeal Michael of Omaha and Jay of Atlanta, dia. Meipnorials may be made to Temple Israel. and descriptions of the institution of the Nazirite, the Torah includes that great passage which may be the most used few words of the entire Bible: the three-fold blessmg. It is so widely i^sed (including •^ ByGilSedan j in Christianity) that it need not be quoted here: BONN (JTA) — The son of Adolf Eichmann has everyone knows it. gone public, saying he harbors no resentment • Its last phrase, "ahd grant you peace," is the subtoward Israel for executing his father and would ject qf a long excursus in the Midrash Rabbah like to visit the Jewish state. about peace. Among other things thq rabbis noted, Ricardo Eichmann, 40, speaking during a telewas that no blessing is a real blessing unless there is peace; and they noted that peace, Sim Shalom, is phone interview, said he is glad that he does not have to confront his father. the last of the benedictions of the "Tephillah," our But, he added, he still carries the burden of his ' Amidah. father's actions, 33 years after'he was executed. But I call our attention to another concern of the "I tend to compare our family history to that of a rabbis, a concern that reveals as much about Judaism as any other single focus of Jewish atten- multistage rocket. My father was the part that was dropped to the sea shortly aflier takeoff, while we tion. -I continue flying," Eichmann said, adding, "I am The blessing has it ths(t the^prifests were to "bless glad I do not have to live with him." the people of Israftl," in the words that follow in the "There is no way that I can explain what haptext. pened [during the Holocaust]. I just cannot underThe rabbis take note of the particular language, stand it," he added. "B'nai •Visrael," and -assume that this means, "Sons As Hitler's chief aide, Adolf Eichmann oversaw of Israel," to the exclusion of "Daughters." And then the deportation and murder of millions of Jews they ask the question they are so eager to answer: during World War II. Who will bless the woitien, and who rest of After the war, Eichmann fled to South America. mankind? , In 1960, he was kidnapped by Israeli agents in Their answer indicates with explosive clarity the Buenos Aires and- was flown secretly to Israel, ethical position of normative Judaism: It is the where he was brought to trial. Lord Himself who blesses them. Indeed they quote the end of the passage that gives the three-fold blessing, "And I will bless them." The Midrash is unconcerned that the passage means to the ordinary reader "And I will bless them," meaning the Among students receiving state recognition in the Children of Israel. They deliberately overlook this obvious meaning and insist that it means, "I will Duke University Talent Identification Program are: bless them," that is, everyone, everyone not includ- Aaron H. Eizenherg, Michael S. Fineman, Andy L. Finkle, Sarah M. Hasslinger, Aaron D. ed in the "Sons of Israel." The Judaism that has come down to us from rab- Patton, David L. Pitlor and Joseph R. Zielinski. binic times has no difficulty in being particular and Students, whose scores were received by the prouniversalistic at the same time: particular, in that it is centered in the beloved people of Israel, and gram after the printing deadline, were invited to universalistic in that it insists on including all the ceremony but their names were not Usted. mankind, all, all, in God's love and concern, in Sarah Grossman, God's blessing. a fourth-gr£ide.atudent One need not hesitate to conclude that very often, at Ponca Elementary depending on the context, when the rabbis say School, has been cho- [ •^Israelite," they mean "every man, every person." sen as one of 10 winMy ear hears this usage, for example, in the ners of the Maril Mishnah (Sanhedrin 4.5) "If anyone has caused a Sandoz Essay single soul to perish (in Israel), it is as though he Contest. Her short had caused a whole world to perish; and if anyone story was titled "The saves a single soul (in Israel), it is as though he had Goose's Nest." The saved alive a whole world." Indeed, some texts omit annual contest for "in Israel" in both cases. Nebraska students Rabbinic Judaism, the Judaisrri we know and ages 10, 11 and 12, is' practice, sees all humanity as one race, one brotherhood. It has no problem with expressing love for sponsored by the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society. Winners receive a certificate and a book by Miss one's own family, the House of Israel. But it does Sandoz. not, it will not countenance an opinion that one Sarah is the daughter of Mary and Alex nation, or one race, or one socially identified group is the exclusive love of the Lord. "I, the Lord, will Grossman and the granddaughter of Miriam Grossman. bless them," bless all humankind.
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Pledge to strengthen economic ties
Katie Kaplan of Temple Israel and a member of NFTY, has been chosen as one of the three outstanding regional youth group members who will serve as delegates to the 27th Annual Conference of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, June 27 through July 3, in Paris, France. She was also recently elected regional officer. Katie is the daughter of Sally and Gary Kaplan.
By Naomi Segal JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel and Germany have pledged to strengthen relations between their two countries. The pledge came as German Chancellor Helmut Kohl began an official visit to Israel. After a welcoming ceremony recentlly at the Wohl Rose Garden in Jerusalem, Kohl visited the Joshua Marcus graduated recently from the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial. University of California-Berkeley with Phi Beta He laid a wreath for the six million Jews murKappa honors. dered by the Nazis and said he wag eapecially He is the grandson of Bea Marcus and the late affected by the murders of hundreds of thousands Nathan Marcus. of children by his countrymen. It is bad not to remember the past, but it is seven times worse if a Bei^amin Bryant, a ninth-grade student at lesson is not learned so that a better future can be Irving Junior High School in Lincoln, has earned built, he said Kohl later met with Prime Minister the President's Education award for Educational Yitzhak Rabin. Both leaders promised to strengthExcellence. en economic ties. He earned the award by achieving a 3.5 or better One highlight of the meeting was the signing of a cumulative grade point average and by scoring multimillion-dollar deal between the Volkswagen high on achievement tMts. car manufacturer and the Dead See Works. The He also received the Superintendent's award for Israeli plant is to provide Volkswagen with magneAcademic Excellence. sium for the building of a lightweight, fuelefllcienl Beivjamin is the son of Dr. Miies Bryant and Sarah Bauman. •f;--^.<mijairtigiB--.i - i^~~'-Kifri—rv7i-r-v~n--- •
Synagogues Candlelisiitiilg g:S7 p jn. TEMPLE ISRAEL 7023 CMM Street Omaha, NE 68132 S06-6536
FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 8:15 p.m. Rabbi Azriel, Rabbi Stiel and Cantor Yablonski will officiate. Rabbi Azriel will speak. The Oneg Shabbat will be sponsored by Terry *nd Sue Pinkie in honor of the birth of their son, Zachary Owen. i Tot Shabbat service, 7 p.m.~A short service of song and prayer, followed by cookies and juice, will I be held for toddlers through children in the primary grades and their families. Sitter Service Sitter service is available each Shabbat evening service. Please make a reservation so we may plan accordingly. There are no facilities for infants. SATURDAY; Shabbat morning service at 11:15 a.m, Simcha B'shabbat-The congregation will study •the Torah portion for the week. Adult Education Tuesday: Beyond ^drash, 7 to 8:15 p.m., led by :Don Schwartz. TOW" Torah on Wheels (TOW) will be held Tuesday from noon to 1:15 p.m. at United Distillers, 4320 So. 94th St. Host is David Friedland. Reservations are required. Call the Temple office, 556-6536. Vocolot Quintet The Vocoloty a women's singing group, will perform during the Shabbat service Friday, June 16. Their appearance is a culmination for Temple Israel's. Year of Spirituality. j^^^K CHABAD HOUSE ^^Hi 1322 So. 119th Street ^Vi Omaha, NE 68144 ^^ 607-1124 [ SATURDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m., followed by Kiddush. SUNDAY: Davening is at 9:30 a.m. Talmud Classes Talmud class, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Advanced lalmud, 12 p.m. Thursday, Chumash Class Chumash class for adults, 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Yiddish •^looked on Yiddish" lessons Wednesdays, 7 p.m. English Think Jewish and speak English" classes on ewish topics for new Americans, Tuesdays and " ursdays at 10:30 a.m. at Chabad House.
BETH EL SYNAGOGUE 14006 California Omaha, NE 68154 49a-8SS0
Office Hours: Monday through Thursday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Services are con^ducted by Rabbi Paul Drazen and Cantor Emil Berkovits. FRIDAY: , .Services start at 6. p.m. -^ SATURDAY; Services start at 9:30 a.m. ICiddush following. Sitter service starts at 10 a.m. Shabbat story time, the first and third Saturday at 11 a.m. Ktantan meets the first and third Saturday at 11 a.m. , Minha-Ma'ariv and Havdalah services start at 8:50 p.m. B'nai Mitzvah Joseph Spiegal, son of Devra and Jeffrey Speigal, will become a Bar Mitzvah Friday evening and Saturday morning. Jennifer Leei, daughter of Sheryl and David Lee, will become a Bat Mitzvah Friday evening, June 16, and Saturday morning, June 17. SUNDAY; Services start at 9 a.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 6:55 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Judaica Shop Open Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to noon; and by appointment. Annual Meeting Beth El's annual meeting will be Sunday at 7 p.m., with the election of executive officers and new members of the board of trustees. TIFERETH ISRAEL 3219 Sheridan Blvd. Lincoln, NE 68S02 423-8569 Services are conducted by Rabbi Stanley M. Rosenbaum. Minyans on Mondays and Thursdays at 7:15 a.m. FRIDAY: Light candles no later than 8:39 p.m. Services start at 8 p.m. The Oneg ShabBat will be hosted by Steven and Karen Sommer in honor of Karen's mother, Shelly Bregman, visiting from California. SATURDAY: • Services start at 9:30 a.m.
B'NAI ISRAEL The RECONSTRUCTIONIST CONGREGATION 322-4705 Services led by Rabbi Ruth Ehrenstein and pongregants. NOTE: Services on the first and third Fridays of each month are held in Omaha. All other Friday ROSE BLUMKIN JEWISH HOME night services are held in Council Bluffs. SATURDAY: For information on any activities, call 322-4705. Services, held in the Goldsten Chapel at 9 a.m., FRIDAY: Krill be conducted by Alan Shulewitz. Family Shabbat service at 7:30 p.m. at B'nai Members of the community are invited to. join vsidents for the service and the kiddush following. Israel West, 3012 S. 119th St., Omaha. Master stoSpecial memorial services are held on the last ryteller Cherie Karo Schwartz of Denver will perform. Ms. Schwartz is storytelling coordinator for Saturday of each month. the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education and a fi^uent participant at the Rocky Mountain Storytelling Festival. BTSfAI JESHURUN THURSDAY, June 15: 20th and South Streets Training for those who would like to lead serLincoba, NE 68S02 vices, 7 to 9 p.m., at B'nai Israel West. 43S-8004 FRIDAY, June 16: Shabbat service at B'nai Israel West, 7:30 p.m. Services are officiated by Cantor Michael eisser. FRIDAY: Shabbat evening service at 7:30 p.m. SATURDAY: Torah study and service at 10 a.m. SUNDAY: Hebrew school, 9 a.m.; Religious school, 10 a.m.
OFFUTT Capehart Chapel 2Sth Street and Capehart Omaha, NE 68123 294-6001 )AY: ervicei start at 8 p.m,
rtoM^UM JewiahPtaas IVga« BETH ISRAEL SYNAGOGUE 1602 No. SInd Street, Omaha, NB 68104 556-6288 OfIic« hours: Monday through lliursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Services are conducted by Rabbi Joseph Friedman. , FRIDAY: ' Kabbalat Shabbat service at 7 pim. SATURDAY: Morning services are at 8:46 a.m. in the Sanctuary and Goldstein Chapel. Babysitting service provided by Sisterhood. Beginners Minyan, 9:30 a.m. Super Shobbos-For children of oil ages, starts at 9:30 a.m. Kiddush sponsored by Sisterhood. Lesson with the rabbi, 7:40 p.m. Mincha at 8:40 p.m. Shalosh Seudot, Ma'Ariv and Havdalah conclude the services. SUNDAY: Morning services at 9 i.m. Breakfast and a study session with Rabbi Friedman follow the service, while Rabbi Kaye leads a study session for the youth group. Evening services at 8:40 p.m. WEEKDAYS: Services at 7 a.m. and 8:40 p.m. Lunch *n Learn Lunch ii Learn will be held Tuesday at noon at the synagogue. Call the office by ID a.m. to order lunch. Practical Judaism A class with Rabbi Kaye, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., at the synagogue. Cookbook "Happiness is Still Good Food,* available at the gift shop, or coll Charlotte Kaplan at 651-6658. Sisterhood Gift Shop Sisterhood gift shop is open by appointment Call Leah Siegel at 556-5455.
Parent/toddler classes at Temple Israel
Chloe Ginsburg, daughter of Larry and' Cheryl Ginsburg, and Joshua Danoo, son of Steve and Veronica Danon, participating in the spring classes. Parent/toddler classes are scheduled at Temple Israel as follows: A monthly Sunday afternoon program for ages 3 to 5 and parents will start June 25. A pnpram for children ages 1 to 3 and parents will (tart Thursday morning, June 29. Newcomers are welcome. For information, call Temple Israel at SS6-6S36.
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Thank you to all who expressed their concern and well wishes for David during his recent hospitalizaion. Special thanks to Rabbi Friedman and Cantor Fettman lor their support. Oevid and Qoid« LMbennan wttA.v:ji-^:.Li^y-'
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Israel adventure for an Israeli By Orly Gilat 'r/y Gilat served with the Jewish Agency's Rural people are also ridiculously busy in catching up Settlement Department from 19811988. with moc(em technologyr-our plan to eiyoy a quiet conversation one Friday night in the restaurant of • After four years, I didn't need more than the perthe Daii hotel was hopeless due to the constant fume of orchard trees outside Lod airport to prove •that we flnaliy made it. "Hi, my homeland, I missed noise of cellular telephones ringing. Busy working or showii^g off? you." I Money, traveling and commercials expose society T\\e neat fou'r weeks were dedicated to reuniting with my roots and absorbing the changes. Now, to additional aspecte of the "junk consumption cul.back in Omaha, I try to make Sense of the Israel I ture." Previously unheard of alcohol problems in had encountered. high-schools, along with sexual violence that seems The same old Rabin, Peres, and Arafat, all serv- to come with alcohol, are now being acknowledged. ing in the same political positions as 20 years ago, These violences have become main topics in telk terrorist attacks go on as we had always known. shows (another 'invention'j'and the phenomena of Gush Emunim didn't stop Gj^using their activities drunk drivers has become a major concern for on territories, and people still pay in Shekels for policp forces. products that are priced in $. Israelis, by the way, blame the Russian immiIndeed, private entrepreneurs who never stop grants for introducing these problems. I doubt if complaining about the freeze on export value of $ and the popular music of Arik Einstein stimulated such serious problems could have penetrated into a society that was not "ready" for substance abuse a strong feeling of "deja vu." But Israel is difTerent. Although the Mid-Eastern resilience to corrup- and search for meaning in life. tion is a given, and pseudo socialist ideologies still Economic growth tends to increase social gapsexist.side-by-side the religious control over secular rich become richer, poor become poorer. Israeli sta•institutions, Israel had gone through changes that tistics indicate that this isn't the case: over the past can easily be titledia revolution. 20 years, the different socio-economic groups mainDo I exaggerate? Perhaps. But some.effects of tained their relative size in the population. But the prosperity and peace prospects undoubtedly are essence of being rich and poor have changed. worth mentioning. The differences are now between buying at The facte are straight forward; For example, 6% Tiffany's in .Tel-Aviv, sending one's child to the economic growth (by far above the U.S. growth), Science School and summer trip in Europe at one increase in workers' productivity, decrease in extreme, and buying at the Shuk (market), ensurdeficit due to increase in export, and only 9% of ing b^asic education to one's child and keeping him GNP that are allocated- to defense (as compared to off the streets in the summer, at the other extreme. 33% in 1975), all permit investments in industry, Poverty is, indeed, painful and fKwr people have infrastructure and housing. become politically weaker. In my pessimistic "readConsequently, some parts of the country look like ing" of the world political trends (e.g., GOP contract one big construction project. A new town? Mass with America that is likely to reduce the allocation construction due to migration? No, just a stateof funds to Israel), I also'think that poor people will wide 'overhaul.' Individuals also directly profit become even poorer. from the economic growth: With an average The social gap is apparent within urban areas CNP/person of $15,000 (a few steps away from (e.g., Tel-Aviv-Jaffa) .ind between urban areas and Germany and Belgium-$ 18,000 GNP/person), and the peripheries. In the overall atmosphere of pros^average income of $1,500 (in the U.S. it is $1,550 perity, the poor neighborhoods are ignored and with less social benefits), people simply have more "Development towns" (e.g., Ma'alot) are slowly money to spend. being excluded from major public and private Indeed, a private car is no longer a dream, the investments. buUide world is accessible to middle-income families (2 million people, or 36% of t^e population, left Although the 'melting pot" fallacy is still prevaabroad this year), at least one personal computer in lent, bad drivers are now tabled 'Russian" and every second household, private swimming pools, Ethiopian neighborhouds will not shame any bad cable TV in most households, and you name it. part of Harlem, not to mention many Arab-Israeli People have money and they sure spend it. communities which have to struggle with lack of Friends of mine praise the new era, colleagues basic infrastructure, growing conflicts between the invited me to join money-making ventures. Years, effecte of media and tradition, as well as their vulor generations, of feeling somewhat deprived of the nerable political status. 20th century pleasures seem to have come to an As precious as this country is, I feel obliged to fend. The world beyond the Mediterranean is, after draw attention to the "not so bright parts" of Israel. all, not beyond our reach. But prosperity and safety I would also like to offer people a look at issues tliat extend beyond the physical beauty and remnants of do not come without a price. • Specifically, I found it hard to embrace the rapid our heritage, and try to make some changes in development of the 'junk consumption culture'. areas where we can have some control. During all my years with the Jewish Agency I •This culture takes people to Westroads-lifie malls have learned that change is possible and that the (can you imagine how such a monster fit into contribution of Jewish communities' skills and Jerusalem?) to have fun with the family, soap experience can be extremely valuable. inovies are a must, and people claim that 'reading One should note, for example, the direct contacts ;he papers give them a headache." (which were not hmited to allocating money) that Yes, four years ago it was unpermitted to call boosted industrial development in some Mitzpim in |)eople between 9 p.m. to 9;30 p.m. when Mabat the Galil, individuals' expertise that contributed to (the daily news) was broadcast! Now Mabat is at 8 the development of 'Park 2000" in Karmiel, and the ideas of some American communities which p.m. so people will not miss the movies. Not that brought about the first 'community school" jn life isn't demanding-one has to work hard to figure Misgav. Money is, indeed, not everything. out, for instance, what's being sold in a shop named Let us all try to think of ways in which our contriteake-up for ever* written in Hebrew letters. But bution can have a significant effect.
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A book review By OUver B. Pollak i Department of History, University of Nebraska at Omaha Better Red. The Writing and Resistance of Tillie Olsen and Meridcl Le Sueur, by Constance Coiner, New York: Oxford University • Press, 1995, 282 pages. She was bom Tillie Lemer in Nebraska. She used the aliases Tereka Lansdale and Th^a Lariimore. She married Jack (1912-1989), whose family name back in Kiev had been Olshansky. She is known to the world as Tillie Olsen. Constance Coiner earned her doctoral at UCLA and teaches English literature at SUNY, Binghamton. Betteh Red is the fourth book to appear since 1991 about Olsen's contribution to American literature. Each book aims revealing scholarly light at a different aspect of her art. The title of this study. Better Red, focuses on Olsen's place in the politics of the left during the 1930'8 and women's role in literacy and writing. It is about the 'engendering" of proletarian or working class literature, a voice that Olsen says was for years muffled or overlooked because the patriarchal political structure's influence flowed over into the domestic household. Tillie dropped out of Central High School in the 11th grade. She w^s arrested in a strike in Kansas City. ' _ Her famous story, Yonnondio: From the Thirties, about women, marriage, children and poverty, started in Wyoming, migrated through the Dakotas and ended in the South Omaha slaughterhouses (how much less genteel than 'packing houses"). She started writing Yonnondio in the 1930'8, finally publishing it in 1974. It ranks with Henry Roth's, Call It Sleep (1935), and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath (1939). Meridel Le Sueur writings are also vital to Coiner's description of the intersection between American feminism and the political left. Olsen is to words what her contemporary Frida Kahlo, Mexican and feminist painter, is to the visual arts. Olsen is defining and entering the canon. Kahlo is emerging from the shadows of her spouse, Diego Rivera. Your reviewer has been privileged to hear Tillie Olsen speak at length during her last two visits to Omaha, in 1991 and 1994, sponsored by the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society and the Historical Society of Douglas County. Her reminiscences and political passion inspire. When Newsweek celebrated 60 years of publication, it featured Tillie Olsen as emblematic of 1930's social voice. Different books about Olsen, different books that Olsen has written, and different interviews and conversations with her, leave a trail of sometimes inconsistent but not irreconcilable facets. The mixture of revolutionary parents, her leftwing politics, poverty, probable disdain for religion and cherishing her brand of Yiddishkeit result in a unique persona that feeds her creativity, some of which leaps onto the stage and moVie screen. Her work Silences, started in 1962 and published in 1978, memorializes the anguish of mute talent. Olsen broke her silence of raising several children in 1956 with a moving short story, I Stand Here Ironing. ^ Tillie, bom in 1912 or 1913, is thankfully alive and well in San Frandsco. Her books such as Tell Me A Riddle (1961), Yonnondio, and Silences are readily available in paperback. Coiner's Better Red is available at the Jewish Federation Library.
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By Sam Kaplan Earlybirds discuBaion, held recently at the JCC, was led by Charles Fellman. Several items were covered, ihcluding whether the U.S. should be involved in the Bosnia situation. I quoted from an article about the tremendous \ amount of illegal immigration, mostly from Mexico and Cuba. Dr. ^largolin presented an explanation of DNA and its effect on the Simpson trial proceedings. Charles Fellman commented on the' breakdown of families and family qualities. Motzi was made by Dave Dvorkin and bentschen by Bernie Weiss. • •Jane' Batt of the ADL spoke on ctirn-nl ADL activities.
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BREADBREAKERS Bob Wolfson, Plains States regional director of the ADL/CRC, will speak to B'nai B'rith Breadbreakers Wednesday at noon at Regency West Best Western, according to Paul Davies, June chairman. Cost is $7.50 and the public may attend.
Births Dr. Beth Bernstein and Danny Bernstein of New York City announce the June 3 birth of a son. Maxwell Bruce. i Grandparents are Gary and Barbara Goldstein of Omaha, Phyllis Angrisane of Las Vegas, and Irwin and Bemette Benptein of Roslyn Harbor, N.Y. Great-grandfather is Carl Rothchild, also of New York City.
NCSY chapters, teens receive awards By Carol Katzman Five Oiiiaha teens and both Sr. and Jr. NCSY chapters received awards recently at Midwest Spring Regional Shabbatons. Danny'OePorte, son of April DePorte, was awarded the Ner Emunah award for growth in Jewish observances and learning. He is the grandson of Leonard DePorte. Danny, along with Jeffrey Katzman, son of Michael and Carol Katzman, and Amanda Mack, daughter of Jerry and Candace Mack, will participate in an NCSY trip to Israel this summer. The Meritorious Achievement award went to Josh Gonsher, son of Rabbi Allan and Rini Gonsher. It is the second highest award given in Midwest Region for Torah growth and leadership. Omaha Kadimah Chapter of Senior NCSY also received the Midwest Regional Programming award, under Josh's leadership, for consistency and creativity in their programming. Both Josh and Danny will attend year-long yeshiva programs in Israel as college freshmen. The Kesser Torah award was given to David Shrago, son of Leon and Dani Shrago, for his commitment to Torah ideals. He will attend a yeshiva in Chicago as a high school sophomore. Lauren Paley, daughter of Dennis and Susan Paley, won the Junior NCSY Service Citation award for her leadership in service. She also was elected vice-president of Juniors, Midwest Region. She will attend the NCSY National Conventipn later this month in. New York, along with Nikki Paley and Josh Gonsher. Lauren will be a sophomore at Central High School. Nikki is oy^-going National Social Action vicepresident and will enter Michlelet Esther in Jerusalem as a freshman. Omaha's Junior Chapter of NCSY was awarded the Chapter Development award for doubUng its membership and for creative programming. ' Jacob Katzman, son of Rick and Julee Katzman, won the Meritorious Achievement award for excellence in Torah growth, leadership and commitment to Jr. NCSY. He will graduate irom Friedel Jewish Academy next week.
From left: Ken Weiner, Jesaica Blaaalinger, Sarah Haaslinger, Michael Fineman and Mark Levy practice CPR. Over 60 people recently participated in 'Til Help Arrives,' sponsored by Beth El Synagogue's "Mitzvah of the'Month' committee and the American Red Cross. The event was designed to provide information to aid victims in emergency situations until an ambulance arrives. Participants received basic training in first aid and CPR.
Beth Israel West vandalized An estimated $20,000 damage was caused by vandals who ransacked the recently vacated building, owned by Beth Israel Synagogue on Pacific Street The vandals pulled light fixtures from the ceiling, threw desks out the windows, and generally
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H^ Graduation speech for Commencement ^i By Nikki Paley, Central High Sohool i Macbeth. Act III, scene III. The night is dark and it's very nice to talk about nonconformity and its stormy. Macbeth has just accomplished an very noble to want to be distinct, but the only way unthinkable deed and is now out on the terrace to truly be a dilTerent person than everyone else, to brooding over his actions. Did he do it the right truly be an individual, is to find convictions that way? Is there something he forgot to do? His nerves you believe in and stand strongly on them. override his sensibility and he feels like he might Knowledge and truth will support your concerns. go crazy. Sound familiar? S^uhds a bit like high Strength. Strength is the one thing that always school, doesn't it? seems so hard to,attain. Like if we don't have We have accomplished what once seemed to be everything that society tells us we're supposed U the unthinkable—we^have finished four years of have, then we're weak. But that's totally false. high school, and now we are standing on the ter- Strength does not come from influences, it comes . race, contemplating our deeds. Soon, we will hold from inside ourselves. Stronger than any ally or I iii our hands the single piece of paper that acknowl- enemy is your heart. Your heart knows what is • edges our arduous work, our precious time, now, right and your heart knows what is wrong, and if • our incorrigible freedom. This piece of paper sym- you listen to it and follow it's inclinations, you will Twliies the drive which exists in all of us, that caus- be forever strong. Stand firmly on your instincts es us to want to be better than we were before, io^s^and they will protect you from the forest be even more than we are now. These three attributes will safeguard you Our education from Central has been beyond through life, but they are not the dniy ones. In : learning—it has been understanding. We didn't order to become the proper, ethical adults that we just learn about learning, we learned about its sig- have been raised to be, we must follow the guide• nificance. We understood our purpose for learn- lines of a twelfth-century physician and philoso•. ing—to be able to differentiate between truths and pher: Moses Maimonidies. Maimonidies contrived deceptions. As we begin our trek out into the thick the Thirteen Attributes, thirteen characteristics forests of real life, we will be faced with many that all people should strive to possess. Vfe should 1 ».-.<>V>o n„J ~»«.. J »: !• ^ ^ .• II .1 , . . .: truths and many deceptions masquerading as follow them. We, like Maimonidies said, should try truths. to be compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abunOur education from Central has been geared dant in kindness and truth, attempt to preserve toward helping us' recognize the enormous differ- kindness for ours and thousands of geheratioiis, ences between the two. It is with this education forgive others' iniquity, andy&f0ve their errors— that we may fearlessly tramp through life with con- whether committed carelessly or intentionally. ; fidence in ourselves. These characteristics should become a part of us. We stand here today in our caps and gowns, a By making them a part of us, being honest, conmoment we have anticipated, for what seems, an cerned, and strong will come easier and more often. eternity. Look to the person next to you. Think Gerda Weissman KUen, Holocaust survivor, tells about what you both look like. Think about who the. children that they are 'the promise of a new your friends are. Where are you going? What are spring in the forest of time." We are the blooming you doing? flowers and trees growing in that forest. Some of us Author Richard Bach once said, 'Think about are delicate, like the roses, and some of us are these questions once in a while and watch your strong, as the oak trees are. One is not better than answers change.' Think about these answers now, the other, for both need each other to constitute the think about them in five years—think about them forest. It is in this forest that all creatures will live, always. Continuously finding the answers to them side by side. You must be prepared to live with :will help you find the real person hidden inside them even if they are not like you, for the diversity you. of the creatures is what makes the beauty. And Continue always to analyze your life, considering know that it is not our survival in the forest that what is important and what is not. Our main objec- will determine our successes and failures in life, :tive in growing up is not to have a good time, but but rather, our means of survival. How we live our rather, to be able to make a good life. The obvious lives will judge what kinds of people we are, what question now: What makes a good life? kinds ofpeople we will become. Honesty. Honesty to yourself and to others. If you With our education from Central held tightly in are honest in life and honest in dealings, the our knapsacks, journeying through the forest will reward will not be as materialistic and trivial as it not be as extremely difficult as it could have been. could have been. Your reward fdr honesty will be Shakespeare's Banquo said, 'There will be rain kindness—/>t>m others. Through being honest and tonight." And on the dark and stormy nights, when truthful with others, others will not only see you as the rain is thundering down and the bolts of lightkind-hearted, but you will begin to feel that you ening are the only lights we can seen by, we will are, too. And then, slowly, you will truly become it. tightly grab hold of our knapsacks, of our educaThis is the first step towards a good life. tion, and feel proud. Life will not always be sunny After you have battled honesty, your next task skies and flowers and simple melodies—at times it will be concern. Be concerned with the issues that will be rain. hold a significant place in your heart. I recently But because of our education from Central, [had a conversation with a friend who was learning because of the solid foundation we built under our about nonconformity. It related directly to our feet and our' lives, we will be able to look up, in class. He'felt that he wanted to be different-^he defiance of the rain, glance toward the blue sky aaid he had ideas about life, about the future, that overhead, quote from Macbeth with an assured his friends didn't even know existed. I told him that smile, and charge, "LET IT COME DOWN f
Court in Denmark approves extradition of Lauck By GU Sedan N.CJ'TA) — A Danish court has backed a 'German request to extradite American neo-Nazi ,Gary Lauck. A district court ruled recently that Lauck's written and verbal attacks on Jews violated Danish anti-racism laws. If the extradition occurs, Lauck will face charges of smuggling banned bate literature into Qermany for two decades. ; Lauck, 41, was arrested March 20 in Denmark at th* request of German police.He is the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party!''oreign Organization, a name derived from the ofB^al name of the party of Adolf Hitler. Dubbed the 'Farm-Belt Fuehrer" by the Anti)efamation League, Lauck set up his base in jncoln. Neb., from where he shipped anti-Semitic ind racist literature to Germany. Abraham Foxman, ADL national director, said Bringing Lauck to justice will send a clear meslaga around the world that Nazism, anti-S«mitiam
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By Bert Lewis It seems perfectly appropriate that my, Father's yaiirzeit Uiis year fell just prior to Shavuot, since it was orle of his favorite holidaya. '' Of course, he knew the religious signlticance of this particular time in our Jewish calendar, but hd also dearly loved the traditional food specialties he knew would appear on the table. He knew, for several reasons. For one, he'd start hii^ting a few days early. For another, he knew my Mom wouldn't disappomt him. The hirits involved questions, such as "Do you want me to pick up some dry cheese or maybe some extra eggs? How much cheese will you be needing? Will that be enough for BOTH knishes and blintzes?" Other questions, depending on everybody's energy level and state of health, might include, "How much fish do you think you want to cook for yomtov?" That might be met with an occasional "OY," but that didn't mean there wouldn't^be gefilte fish. The fact is, my darling Dad loved milchiga foods. Not that he didn't ei\joy various meats and soups from the fleishiga categories. . .but certain dairy dishes were always at the top of his preference list. On those few special holidays when I cook a big pot of fish, I never fail to remember how much he loved it. I can still see the pieces being carefully removed firom the fish stock which were Dad's idea of delicacies: the head (I'm shuddering with memory) and other unidentifiable parts which he really relished. I can now admit I had been old enough to vote-in many elections before I discovered how delicious a piece of challah could taste when dunked in fish soup. I also know that gourmet cooks and chefs understand the value of a rich fish stock, but a slightly warm "Fish Vouch" is in a class of its own.Ummmmmmm. I mentioned blintzes and knishes earlier. . .those both were such favorites I'd be hard pressed to know which was number one, but maybe they were equally enjoyed. And thankfully, at a time before the food police declared eggs and cheese and butter to be illegal! I'm probably guilty of saying, firom time to time, this or that holiday was Dad's favorite; when it comes to Shavout, I'm certain it ranked up there at the top. And while it may be frivolous to attach such importance to traditionally favorite foods, maybe it isn't so terrible. It seems to me that some of the family values we're so intense about must be formed around the family table; this is still where we gather as a unit, where good, bad and indifferent topics are raised and where everyone can contribute personal views. Maybe the lessons we want our kids to learn are more easily accepted when accompanied by some freshly made blintzes or some other ethnic goodie. Who knows? It the meantime, good yomtov.
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Leukemia patient finds match By Steven M. Zeitchili NEW YORK (JTA) — Ailer four years of anxious waiting and massive bone marrow drives in the international Jewish community, an apparent match has been found for 26-year-old leukemia patient Jay Feinberg. In a voice-mail message announcing the discovery of the 'miracle match," Feinberg's mother, Arlene, joyously says that "after four long years. Jay's donor is finally found.' But the voice — emanating from a mother who has has a' difficult time in the search for the rare person who would save her son's life — also sounds tempered with restraint Her voice also seems to acknowledge that the road ahead may still present difficulties for Feinberg, as bone marrow transplants are regarded as a risky proposition in the medical world. Feinberg's turbulent journey to locate a donor began in 1991, when in the wake of his leukemia diagnosis, Feinberg's family, along with a group of concerned firiends and strangers, banded together to form the "Gift of Life Foundation," more commonly known as 'Friends of Jay Feinberg." Dedicated to "bone marrow donor recruitment," the group set out to organize and sponsor bone marrow transplsnt drives to locate donors for victims of leukemia and other blood-related diseases. Community response to the efforts exceeded expectations. Emotional and financial support poured in trom around the world. In its first four years, the foundation brought out : 60,000 volunteers at college campuses, synsgogues and schools, in countries from the United States and Canada to Israel and Russia. Many wanted to contribute more than just their blood samples, and the group soon headed an international campaign to save Feinberg's life,
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Hamas suspected By Naomi Segal JERUSALEM (JTA) — IsraeU authorities rounded up Bome 30 Hamas activists last week, after the fundamentahst militants were suspected of planning attacks against senior Israel Defense Force ofBcersini the Bethlehem area. ' The detainees belonged to Hamas cells in the Bethlehem region. , i They wek-e accused of throwing rocks and firebombs at passing Israeli vehicles as well as of attacking Palestinians they thought had collaborated with Israeli authorities, security sources said. The Israeli daily Ha'arett, citing security sources, said that in addition to the planned murder of Israeli officers, the cells planned a car bomb attack on an Israeli bus in the Bethlehem area and the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier in Jerusalem. Meanwhile, Jordan has expelled two senior Hamas activists. • The expulsion was in accordance with a Palestine Liberation Organization request, media reports said. The two men were identified as Mussa Abu Marzuk, an important leader in Hamas' international leadership, and Im'ad al-Almi, who is Hamas' ambassador in Tehran, Iran.
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Court to retry man , convicted in bus blast By Naomi Segal JERUSALEM (JTA) — A miUtary appeals court in the West Bank town of Ramallah ordered a retrial last week of the case of a Palestinian who was sentenced to death for plotting a fatal terror attack. ' In mid-November, Said Badan^eh was sentenced to death for involvement in the Haiiera suicide bus bombing. In the attack, which took place April 13, 1994, five Israelis were killeid and 30 people were wounded. In 'their ruling last week, the judges ordered a retrial because of irregularities in the original trial. Among the irregularities cited were the lack of an evidentiary hearing and the illegal use of evidence from a Hamas activist. The lawyer representing Badarneh welcomed the decision. In the initial trial, Badarneh, who never denied the charges against him, was found to have played a central role in the planning of the attack. The five-judge panel was expected to overturn the death sentence and instead impose six concurrent life sentences, Israel Radio reported.
German town debates swastikas on graves By Gil Sedan BONN(JTA) — Fifty-year-old swastikas on the headstones of German soldiers have been removed in a northern German town, despite a church resolution to leave them intact. And in an unusual twist, the German church that oversees the cemetery in Osternburg now has to decide whether to replace the Nazi symbols. When Osternburg resident Wolf Hertlein spotted the swastikas during a visit to the cemetery, he told the authorities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church that he wanted them removed from the gravestones. Hertlein persisted even when the church denied his request. He went to th6 media, which played up the story. The issue sparked a m^'or debate in the town. The church received some 1,000 appeals urging that the graves remain intact. At an emergency meeting convened by the church, leaders decided not to reinove the swastikas. The swastikas should remain in place because they have served as a memorial to the "wicked regime for which those soldiers had given their lives," the leaders said. Others in the community disagreed, and some Osternburg residents took the matter into their own hands. They showed up at the cemetery one morning last week, and removed the swastikas from 13 of the 14 graves that had them. The church will now have to grapple with whether it will order the reinstallment of swastikas on graves, 50 years after the end of the Nazi regime. The communitjr's rabbi, Henry Brandt, distanced himself from the debate. "This is entirely a matter for the non-Jews to dedde," he said.
By Michel Di Paz PARIS (JTA) — Paul Touvier, the first and only •Frenchman convicted for crimes against humanity, has lost his last appeal against the life sentence imposed on him April 20, 1994. The Cour de Cassation, France's supreme court, rejected the appeal June 1. Touvier and his lawyers have exhausted all possible legal ways to change the sentence, according to French law. Touvier, who was the head of the collaborationist French militia of Lyon during World War II, was involved in the execution of seven Jewish hostages in Rillieux-la-Pape on June 29, 1944. He can ask for the pardon of French President Jacques Chirac, but the chances of success of such a request are not good, according to observers ihere. Three other Frenchmen — Reni Bousquet, Jean Leguay and Maurice Papon — have been charged with crimes against humanity, but their cases never went to trial. Bousquet was appointed Vichy minister of police -in 1942. He was charged with having ordered the arrest and deportation of tens of thousands of Jews during the war. But when he was about to be indicted for crimes against humanity, he was murdered. The man who killed Bousquet on June 8, 1993, was described as mentally unbalanced. Leguay was indicted in 1979 for organizing the first mass roundup of French Jews in 1942. In tl989, only weeks before the start of prosecution, he died of natural causes at the age of 79. Papon was a high-ranking member of the French administration in charge of the Bordeaux area during World War II. : At a time when his region was not yet occupied by the Nazis, he signed orders to arrest and deport ;i,690Jew8. Papon, now in his SOs, served the French govemjnent after the war, becoming a Cabinet member in the 19708. Papon was first charged with crimes against humanity in 1981 and was indicted in ;i983. ' He has not been brought to trial and some believe that he never will. But according to some reports leaked to the press before last month's presidential election, Papon may stand trial in the fall.
By Alissa Kaplan NEW YORK (JTA) — Austria has adopted a law that allows for the creation of a $50 million fund for Nazi victims. The fund, officially known as the National Fund of the Republic of Austria for the Victims of National Socialism, was created in connection with the 50th anniversary of the re-establishment of the republic as a gesture toward the victims of the Nazi regime.
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Cairo meeting planned
By Naomi Segal
Austria to create fund for victims
By Naomi Segal JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel's agricultural indus- JERUSALEM (JTA) - Prime Minister Yitzhak try paid tribute to one of ita sacred cows, the dairy Rabin, U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher lector, at a ceremony celebrating the country's pro- and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will meet duction of its 1 billionth liter of milk. today in Cairo to discuss t^e peace process, accordThe event took place days before the Shavuot hol- ing to the Egyptian news agency. iday, when dairy products are traditionally conIn Jerusalem, political sources confirmed that the sumed. poeaibility of such a meeting had been raised. But Agriculture Minister Yakov Tsur praised dairy they said no final decision had been made, Israel iarmers for thair contribution to the Israeli econo- Radio reported. my. The Egyptian announcement of the three-way He said the seetor i« growing 4 percent annually. Cairo summit came on Monday.
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Projects for the classroom? See us! Bureau of Jewish Education 'ere you to ask anyone in our community what the Bureau pf Jewish Education does, you would probably get a variety of answers: 'Well, I think they have a scholarship program, and I think they do something for kids with special learning needs, and they teach teachers, too." Did you know that they solicit? Solicit creative and innovative classroom projects, that is! A grant from the Esther K. Newman Memorial Fund made it all possible, and teachers in Bureau of Jewish Education affiliated schools, preschool through high school, were invited to submit creative and original projects of Jewish content to the Bureau for the 1995 Excellence in Jewish Education Awards. "Our teachers are among the best there are," said Susie Drazen, executive director of the Bureau. 'They blend knowledge, sensitivity and creativity, and' give it to our children. Our teachers are an incredibly valuable resource for our entire community!" Projects were to fall into one of four categories: Early Childhood, Primary Grades (1-5), Upper grades (6-12), or Special Needs. The projects were reviewed anonymously by an independent panel of judges. Winners in each category would then receive a cash award to be applied toward tuition in an educational enrichment program, or to purchase educational materials. • The 1995 awards for Early Childhood and Primary Grades were achieved by Dr. Lionel Wolberger for The Hungry Hebrew Caterpillar and Mitzvah Farms. Dr. Wolberger, a community teacher for the Bureau of Jewish Education, teaches at the Friedel Jewish Academy, B'nai Israel Religious School, and the United Talmud Torah of Omaha. These projects, along with other entries submitted in 1995 and projects to be submitted in 1996, will be published by the Bureau in the summer of 1996. • For information, contact Mrs. Drazen at 3346445.
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By Tom Tugend By Beth Shyken LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Federal authorities BBYO public relations intern here will decide next week whether to seek indictments against a respected Cl^sidic rabbi and his A week in Poland, a week in Israel, a' walk from assistant, both of whom have been charged with Auschwitz to Birkenau and time to pray at the sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl during an Western Wall. This is the basis to bn amazing overnight flight from Australia to Los Angeles. •experience entitled the "March of the Lving," a' The assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles, Joel two-week trip which will take place April 14-29, Thvedt, said he intended to present the case to a 1996. It is open to sophomores and juniors in high grand jury. , ' schrfol for the 1995-96 school year. Coat is $3,150 The accused are Rabbi Israel Grunwald of from Washington, D.C. Brooklyn, a leader of the Hungarian Pupa Hasidim, These two factors usually cause some students and his assistant, Yehudah Friedlander, both 44 not to pursue their interest in the "March of the years old. Their arrests have sparljed outrage in Living." As a past participant, let me t^ll you that the Chasidic and Orthodox communities of New these obstacles can be overcome. York, while Los Angeles rabbis moved quickly to One must be thinking that the timing of this trip aid their colleagues. Both of the accused have veheis wrong because participants are required to nuss mently denied the charges, according to their attortwo weeks of school. First of all, the ^ason these ney, Mitchell W. Egers. After a June 2 hearing here, U.S. Magistrate dates have been chosen is so thdt while in Poland Judge Carolyn Turchin released Grunwald on one can observe Yom HaShoah (holocaust $10,000 bail. He immediately flew back toNew Remembrance Day) and while in Israel one can celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel's Independence York. Grunwald, charged'with sexually touching a 0ay). Because of the intensity of the event and the fact that it is an educational experience, teachers minor, faces a maximum of two years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted. Friedlander remained and principals are, most likely, not only underin detention over the Sabbath and the Shavuot standing but encouraging of the trip. If anyone holiday, despite Egers' protests. He was btfing held would like to know how I handled missing two pending clarification over the disposition of a 1991 weeks of school, I 'd be happy to discuss it. The second obstacle to tackle is the money arrest in New York state, in which he was charged issue. There are many scholarships that one can with a sexual offense. On Tuesday, Turchin denied a cash bail to receive from various organizations. The Federation has a scholarship and so does the synagogue which Friedlander, calling him "a dangeir to society." The judge said Friedlander would only be you belong to, as well as BBYO scholarships you released if someone put up his or her house with can obtain. Now there is no excuse not to apply to be a particequity valued at least at $100,000. If convicted, Friedlander, who was charged with ipant of an incredibly, memorable experience. Applications can be picked up at the BBYO ofBce, more extensive sexual abuse, faces up to 15 years and are due Sept. IS. Don't miss out on ^n experiin prison and a $250,000 fine. Friedlander has been identified in the media as a ence that could change your life. If there are any questions or concerns, call me at rabbi or "assistant rabbi," but according to Egers and New York sources, he is actually a non-rabbini- her '393-2426 or contact me through Alon Mor, BBYO director. cal assistant to Grunwald.
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